Looking east, toward the Interstate 5 bridge, from the north shore of West Hayden Island.Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian

Mayor Sam Adams on Friday morning announced a half-page draft proposal for mitigating environmental damage to West Hayden Island so that the Port of Portland can build a marine terminal there.

But he stressed that neither the Portland City Council nor Port officials had signed off on his proposal, which would funnel $32.6 million from the Port to various environmental or community projects on or near West Hayden Island.

"No one has said 'Absolutely, yes,' and no one has said 'Hell no,'" Adams said in an interview Friday afternoon.

Mayor Sam Adams is acting under a tight timeline, however. He leaves office in less than 60 days, and Mayor-elect Charlie Hales has said numerous time, including again on Friday, that he would prefer the city not rush any agreement.

Adams' announcement Friday also prompted a strong response from Bob Sallinger, the conservation director for the Audubon Society who sat on the city's West Hayden Island Advisory Committee until June. That's when he abruptly quit the group, calling the city's process of seeking outside input a "sham."

On Friday morning, as the committee met in a marathon session to cast straw votes on more than 120 outstanding mitigation questions, Sallinger called Adams' proposal a "last-minute deal" without details that doesn't allow the public time to review its adequacy.

"It's incredible to see the scope of questions left before us," Sallinger said Friday. "They're pulling this stuff together. You can measure it in hours now."

Adams disputed Sallinger's characterization, saying he's been working on a proposal for months and that he finally felt it was ready to be shared publicly. Adams briefed Sallinger and others on his proposal Wednesday, and he said he met with Bill Wyatt, the Port's executive director, and Susie Lahsene, transportation and land-use policy manager at the Port, Thursday at the Heathman Hotel to talk about his plan.

He said it was time to make a decision. "This is a very informed and thoughtful process," Adams said. "But it has to come to a conclusion."

Adams' proposal includes:

$12.6 million for environmental enhancements on Government Island, which sits under Portland International Airport's flight path.

$8 million in grants to the Bureau of Environmental Services to buy and enhance additional wildlife habitat, perhaps on Sauvie Island.

$3.6 million to the Portland Housing Bureau to assist residents of a mobile home park on Hayden Island with home weatherization and other improvements.

$3 million for a new recreational park on East Hayden Island.

$2.8 million for trail development and a park endowment on West Hayden Island.

$2.6 million for a community fund

The proposal is headed to the city's Planning and Sustainability Commission Thursday. It would head to the City Council by December.

Hales said Friday that although he disagreed with the timeline he wouldn't stop the mayor from acting. "I'm going to be careful to not overstep the bounds of being a mayor in waiting," Hales said.